Roland Detre

Find the exact roland detre you’re shopping for in the variety available on 1stDibs. In our selection of items, you can find modern examples as well as an abstract version. You’re likely to find the perfect roland detre among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 20th Century as well as those made as recently as the 20th Century. If you’re looking to add a roland detre to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of black, blue, gray, brown and more. There have been many interesting roland detre examples over the years, but those made by Pawel Kontny and Ruth Todd are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in paint, archival paper and paper can add an especially memorable touch.

A roland detre can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,200, while the lowest priced sells for $900 and the highest can go for as much as $18,500.

A painter of subjects from many parts of the world, Pawel Kontny began with wartime sketches and changed to a technique combining abstraction and realism. He was born in Laurahuette, Poland, the son of a wealthy pastry shop owner. He studied architecture, but was interrupted by World War II. Traveling in many countries as a soldier, he sketched various landscapes but in 1945, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in Italy. After the war, he studied at the Union of Nuremberg Architects to help design buildings to replace ones destroyed in the war. He also married Irmgard, a dancer with the Nuremberg Opera Company and began having well received exhibitions of his work throughout Europe. His primary subject became architecture which he built up on heavy weight masonite panels into structures with marble dust. In 1969, the Kotnys moved to Denver, Colorado where he began painting the American West. In February, 1974, "American Artist" magazine had a feature article by John Jellico on Pawel Kontny.